# fuaim
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fˠuəmʲ/

#### Noun

fuaim f (genitive singular fuaime, nominative plural fuaimeanna)
* sound
* noise
* clamour

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
fuaim
fuaimeanna
vocative
a fhuaim
a fhuaimeanna
genitive
fuaime
fuaimeanna
dative
fuaim
fuaimeanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fhuaim
na fuaimeanna
genitive
na fuaime
na bhfuaimeanna
dative
leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim
leis na fuaimeanna :
Obsolete declension as a third-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
fuaim
fuamanna
vocative
a fhuaim
a fhuamanna
genitive
fuama
fuamanna
dative
fuaim
fuamanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an fhuaim
na fuamanna
genitive
na fuama
na bhfuamanna
dative
leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim
leis na fuamanna :

##### Alternative forms

* tuaim (Ulster)

##### Derived terms

* fuaimchlár
* fuaimdhíonach
* fuaimeolaíocht
* fuaimiúil
* fuaimneach (“sounding, resounding, resonant”, adjective)
* fuaimnigh (“to make a sound, to pronounce”, verb)
* fuaimthonn (“sound wave”)
* innealtóir fuaime (“audio engineer, sound engineer”)

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 337
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fuaim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* fuaghaim (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fˠuəmʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈfˠuəjəmˠ/, /ˈfˠiːjəmˠ/

#### Verb

fuaim
* first-person singular present indicative/imperative of fuaigh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fúaimm, fúamm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 117
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 168, page 63
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 315, page 111

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Barra) IPA: /fuəm/
* (Uist, Skye) IPA: /fuem/

### Noun

fuaim m or f (genitive singular fuaime, plural fuaimean)
* sound
* noise

#### Usage notes

* The nominative can be either masculine or feminine, the genitive is usually feminine.

#### Synonyms

* (noise): faram

#### Derived terms

* cian-fhuaim (“telephone”)
* co-fhuaim (“harmony”)
* fuaimneach (“noisy”)
* fuaimneachadh (“pronunciation”)
* fuaimnich (“pronounce”)
* fuaimreag (“vowel”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fúaimm, fúamm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath